- I really like the presentation. That Miyazaki-like artstyle. The music, the story, all the characters you meet.
- The story and the way it's told via videos and tons of dialogue etc keeps you comming for more. All the mysterys you discover in this crazy town, keep you on your toes. Awesome!
- The 'side-quests' (painting, room, etc) are a nice treat. It's not like they take up much time, but it gives the game a certain depth.
- Most of the puzzles are just great. Just sit there, think about it, read the instruction carefully and you got it.
- But on the other hand there are quite a lot of puzzles I thought were rather awefull. The instructions were not clear, and made me just guess at least once, to get a push in the right direction.
- What's the use of a hint-system if the hints don't tell you anything that helps to solve the riddle?!? Paying a coin to get a "you need to look very carefull." (or the like) just makes me angry.
- In the end the games leaves you with the possibilty to just guess as often as you want to. Sure it decreases how many points you get for the solution, but you'll get at least half the points possible. Once I couldn't figure out, what numbers to put in, and i just worked my way through all possibilities till I got it right.
- Some puzzles make me want to just save - get all the hints - try as often till it is solved and then reload ... because I feel it's not my fault that I wasn't able to solve it. And that just makes me feel sad about myself...
So yeah ... it's a great game, with a nice story and some brain-busting puzzles .. but it got quite some flaws that made me switch of the DS in anger more then once. Well, maybe I just don't like being told, that I am to dumb, to find the longest way through town or how to make arguing neighbours go to work without incident... ;)
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